. In the bosom of the Comanches;. linchingly. Another strikingcharacteristic was their truthfulness and their respect forthe truth in all daily intercourse and transactions. In thebeginning they were made to undervalue the good traitsof the white man, as their first contact with the whiterace was with thieves and outlaws, causing them to con-clude that all white men were alike and that in killingand punishing them they were doing a righteous and justdeed; and there can be no question but that they weremore or less animated by what they esteemed to be aprotection of their rights, privileges, an
. In the bosom of the Comanches;. linchingly. Another strikingcharacteristic was their truthfulness and their respect forthe truth in all daily intercourse and transactions. In thebeginning they were made to undervalue the good traitsof the white man, as their first contact with the whiterace was with thieves and outlaws, causing them to con-clude that all white men were alike and that in killingand punishing them they were doing a righteous and justdeed; and there can be no question but that they weremore or less animated by what they esteemed to be aprotection of their rights, privileges, and possessions. The In the Bosom of the Comanches 139 Indian warriors generally had good discipline, and whenon the warpath they would put out sentinels on highpoints and guard the rear as they marched or slept. Theircustom was to sleep awhile and travel again, makingsometimes as many as three sleeps in one night. In theirskirmishes and battles the various units would sometimesbecome separated, and in reuniting thcv would at night. 140 In the Bosom or the Comanches build fires and surround them with blankets and thusforce columns of smoke to ascend as sentinels to be seenand used as a common rendezvous. The Indians had no e3ebrows, eye lashes, nor whiskers,as they were pulled out with tweezers. The Indian menwould all have whiskers about the same as white men biitfor this fact. The Indians were also respectful and un-usually affectionate to their old people, and would provideand care for them tenderly. The Indians also in theirprimeval state were almost immune from disease andusually died from senility, and often attained to the greatage of over a hundred years. There were rareh^ ever an}-deaths at childbirth, and the women were not A^ery pro-lific, which w^as supposed to be due to the drtidgery oftheir servile lives and excessive horseback riding. Itwould be a rare case when tliere would be more thanthree children born to one squaw. The Indian countedthe winter and summer as a
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